Request is a great HTTP client for NodeJS, but if you deal only with JSON, things could be more straightforward. This lib aims to simplify Request usage for JSON only requests.
Add it to your package.json file or run in your project folder:
npm install request-json
request = require('request-json');
var client = request.newClient('http://localhost:8888/');
var data = {
title: 'my title',
content: 'my content'
};
client.post('posts/', data, function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(res.statusCode);
});
client.get('posts/', function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(body.rows[0].title);
});
data = {
title: 'my new title'
};
client.put('posts/123/', data, function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(response.statusCode);
});
client.del('posts/123/', function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(response.statusCode);
});
data = {
title: 'my patched title'
};
client.patch('posts/123/', data, function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(response.statusCode);
});data = {
name: "test"
};
client.sendFile('attachments/', './test.png', data, function(err, res, body) {
if (err) {
return console.log(err);
}
});
client.saveFile('attachments/test.png', './test-get.png', function(err, res, body) {
if (err) {
return console.log(err);
}
});sendFile can support file path, stream, array of file path and array of
streams. Each file is stored with the key 'file + index' (file0, file1,
file2...) in the request in case of array. For a single value, it is stored in
the field with key 'file'.
If you use a stream, it must have a "path" attribute containing its path or filename.
client.setBasicAuth('john', 'secret');
client.get('private/posts/', function(err, res, body) {
return console.log(body.rows[0].title);
});request-json is downloaded more than 5000 times each month. Here are the companies which use it for their API clients:
- Cozy Cloud Personal Cloud Solutions
- LeanKit Team Collaboration Solutions
- Forecast Weather Forecasting
- JS Report Reporting Platform
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